Combination hot and cold water faucet



E. CARDER COMBINATION HOT AND IOLD WQTER FAUGET l Filed sept. 22. 192s 55 seat 10 upon which is received a substanow of hot and cold water,

a mixture of hot and cold water' to flowv l1 and showing the Patented ce. 25, 1927.

EARLIiH. CBDER, OFVHOLLYWOQD, CALIFORNIA.

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'application sled september a2,- rsae. serial no. 137,008.

This linvention relates to water valves or faucets, and while, features of the invention may be used in the construction of valves for any purpose whatever, the invention is intended to e especially useful when 'used inthe construction of faucets used 'in households or hotels. v Such faucets have been rovided heretofore 'witha single lever t at controls the vand also enables through the faucet.

The general object 'of this invention 1s to produce a :faucet` having these capabilities and which is at the same-time of very simple construction and of few parts; also to provide such a faucet with a valve of simple construction, having large wearing surfaces and not likely to get out of order.

Further objects of the invention will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the novel parts and combination of hereinafter, duce an efiicient combination hot and cold water faucet.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is described in the following'specilication, while-the broad scope of the invention is pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan of my improved faucet with its middle portion broken away and shown in section.

Figure 2 is a vertical section through the faucet taken 'about on the line 2-2 of Fig. delivery spout of the faucet partially'in elevation and partially in section. l

Figure 3 is a front elevation showing the valve seat with portions of the body of the 'faucet broken away.

Figure 4- is a front elevation of the valve with the stemof the valve shown in cross sect'on.

n practicing the invention,pI provide a valve casing 1 which may be formed, if de'- v sired, at the middle point of a bar 2, said bar having two tubular arms 'are' formed at their ends intofeet 5, for at- 3 and 4 which tachment to the face of a wall, at which points the are connected to the hot water pi -7 an acold waterv pipe 8. evfalve casing 1 is formed wlth a valve chamber 9 having a substantially conical parts to be described all of which contribute to pro connected port 15; thus vadmitting cold water tially conical vert-ical plane passing through the axis of the'valve and seat, a hot Water chamber. 12

rwater port 14 communicating with the hot water. chamber 12, and on the opposite side1 a similar port 15 is provided forcold water lcommunicating with the cold water chamber 13: These orts 14 and 15 are preferably disposed diametrically opposite to each other and are of arcuate form, that is to say, they are formed circumferentially about the axis of rotation and pass through the wall which forms the valve seat. Inaddition to this7 I provide which communicates with both the h ot water chamber and the cold water chamber, and this port 1s `divided into two equal parts'by a web 17, which also separates the hot water chamber and the cold water chamber from each other.

raraur eerie-ag ami-Xing port 16 (see Fig. 3)

valve 11. On, one side of the i The valve comprises a substantially coniy cal body 18 havinga central stem or hub 19 by radial arms 20 to the outer edge of the cone. The stem 19 hasv a reduced extension or spindle 21 rotatably mounted inv a cap 22 which closes the valve 'chamber on its forward side.V

Suitable means is provided for pressing the valve 18 onto its seat, and for this purpose I may employ a short coil spring 23, the inner end vof which thrusts against the arms 20, which of course, form anopen frame or spider. The outer end ,of the spring lpresses against the inner face of the cap 22. This cap 22 may be secured in position by threads in the outer end of 'the valve chamber. The port 16 is the sanfte distancefrom the central axis of the vjalve 18 as the ports 14 and 15 to insure their registering properly with the port ofthe valve; that is to say, these ports are in the same plane of rotation with respect'to the valves am's.

The valve 20 is provided with atsingle. port 24 which is of arcuate orm (see Fig. 4) and this port is 4formed through, the conical wall ci? the valve so anyone of the ports 14, 15

the v alve is thrown to the right, and this enables the port 24 to communicate with the that it may register with and -16.' In tle position shown inFig. 1, the handle25 of intothe valve chamber so that it can lflow down the delivery duct 26 and through the swiveled spout 27. In the opposite position of the handle 25, the port 24 will communicate with'the port 14 and deliver hot water from the faucet. The port 24 is preferably of sufficient length to substantially cover the entire length of port 16`.

` If the handle 25 is moved down into a substantiall vertical position, the port 24 can be ma e to register more or less with -f the port 16. When in exact alignment with this port, an equal quantity of h ot and cold water will flow through the valve. Bymoving the handle 25 into a position slightly vtoward the right, a reduced quantity of hot -the outer side of the valve is open to the valve chamber.

It isnunderstood that the embodiment of the invention described herein is only one of the many embodiments this invention ma take, and I do not Wish to be limited in t practice of the invention, now in the claims,y

to the particular embodiment s'et forth. What I claim is 1. In' a combination hotand cold water faucet, the combination of a valve casing having a valve-chamber with 4a substantiallyy conical seat, and having a hot water chamber at one side and a cold vwater chamber at the vother side, said seatfhaving a mixing portl communicating with both said chambers and having a transverse web se arating the hot and cold Water chambers rom each other, said seat further having acold 'water port leading from the cold water chamber and a hot water port leading from the hot water chamber, all of said ports being located substantially in the same plane of. rotation with respect to the valves axis, and atthe same' distance from the axis of the conical seat, and a substantially c-onical valvemounted on said seat havin 'a single port yto register with any one ofg the said ports, said casing having an outlet leading from the valvechamber to lead ofi' the water passing through the valve.

2. In a combination hot and4 cold water faucet, the combination of a valve-casing having a valve-chamber onits forward side I with a substantially conical seat, and having a Yhot water chambe'rjat one side of the same "and a cold water chamber at the other side,v

saidseat having a port communicating with the entire length of the mixing port,

from each other, said seat having a cold wa` `ter port'v communicatingwith the cold water chamber and having a hot water ort communic'atin with the hot water camber, a

substantialy conical valve received on saidl valvejseat and having a single port which may', register `with, the first named port to ad- .mitv amixture' of` hot and cold water to the valvjechamben-and which may register with eithe'rthe hotor cold water port to admit hot or cold water to the valve chamber, a

'cap on the forward side of the valve casing to close the water chamber, a valve stem located on the axis of said valve for rotating the same and passing through said cap, a

spring between-the cap and the valve for holding the same upon its seat, said valve casing having a duct for leading the water from the valve chamber, and a handle on said stem for rotating the valve on. its seat.

3. In a combination hot and ycold water faucet, the combination of a valve casinghaving a valve-chamber with a substantially conical seat, and havinga hot water chamber at one-side and a Coldwater chamber at the otherv side, said seat having a. mixing port communicating with both said chambers and having a transverse web separating the hot and cold water chambers from each other, said seat Jfurther having a cold water port leading from the cold Water chamber and a hot water port leading from the hot water chamber, all of said ports bein cated substantially in the same plane 0% rotation with respect to the valves axis, and at-thesame distance from the axis of the conical' seat, and'a substantially conical valve mounted on said seat having a single port,A y cover and opof/a length suicient to substantial erating' to register with any onegof the said orts, said casing having an outlet leading om the valve-chamber to lead oi the water .passing through the valve.

\4,`1Ina combination hot and cold Waterl faucet, .y the combination of a valve .casing havinV a valve-chamber with a substantially conica seat and having a hot water chamber at one side and a cold water chamber at .the other side, said'seat having portv communicating with the hot vwater chamber and the cold water chamber, and' having a transverse web separatin thehot and cold water chambers from eac other,a

substantially conical valve in` the valve-v chamber received on said seat', and having a single port of a length suicient to substantially cover the entire length of the mixing port, and operating to register with the mixin" port to admithotand cold water to the va ve-chamber,l said conical seat havin a mixing a" i ,hot water -port communicating with the ot 1,646,575 v a a water chamber and also a cold water ort chamber, said valve-casing havin a duct communicating with the cold water cham er, for leading the water from the va v chamsaid hot and cold water ports being in the ber. same plane of rotation with respect to the Signed at Los Angeles, California, this 17 valves axis, and in the plane with the ort day of Sept., 1926.

of said valve and coo erating therewit to y admit either hot orco d water to the water i EARLE H. CARDER. 

